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The season of giving (the ball away) again bites Michigan State at Illinois

Champaign, Ill. — Tom Izzo twirled into what will never be mistaken as a dance move on Tuesday night and slammed two hands onto the scorer’s table at State Farm Center.

In that moment, the Michigan State coach had erupted over the lack of a whistle from the officials, but it could just have easily been Izzo’s mounting frustration over the Spartans’ biggest flaw this season — turning the ball over.